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Ghosts and Grisly Things

Ramsey Campbell

Tor Books

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ISBN10: 0312867573
ISBN13: 9780312867577

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Ramsey Campbell's novels have justly won him acclaim as one of the best horror and suspense writers of today. But throughout his career, Campbell has likewise written equally insightful and terrifying short fiction.

Ghosts and Grisly Things is a collection of the best of Campbell's short stories, all of which were composed over the past two decades. The book also features an Introduction by the author and concludes with "Ra*e," a story that is here appearing in print for the first time.

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Praise for Ghosts and Grisly Things

"[This book] showcases Campbell's gift for a sense of understated, slowly growing supernatural menace . . . Ghosts and Grisly Things is grim, grown-up horror."—The Washington Post

"Campbell's short stories continue to shape and expand the vocabulary of horror fiction. [This collection] conjures nightmares from the most unlikely raw material."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"This is Campbell at his best."—Kirkus Reviews

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The day my father is to take me where the lepers used to live is hotter than ever. Even the old women with black scarves wrapped around their heads sit inside the bus station instead of on the chairs outside...

About the author

Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell has won more awards than any other living author of horror or dark fantasy, including four World Fantasy Awards, nine British Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, and two International Horror Guild Awards. Critically acclaimed both in the US and in England, Campbell is widely regarded as one of the genre's literary lights for both his short fiction and his novels. His classic novels, such as The Face that Must Die, The Doll Who Ate His Mother, and The Influence, set new standards for horror as literature. His collection, Scared Stiff, virtually established the subgenre of erotic horror.

Ramsey Campbell's works have been published in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and several other languages. He has been President of the British Fantasy Society and has edited critically acclaimed anthologies, including Fine Frights. Campbell's best known works in the US are Obsession, Incarnate, Midnight Sun, and Nazareth Hill.

J.K. Potter